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1. Ontario's health care system needs more than Band-Aid solutions

   Appeared in the National Post This week, Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews published her plan for controlling provincial government health spending. While the Minister is correct when she says the growth of provincial health care spending is not ...

2. Creativity and innovation needed from provincial health ministers

   Appeared in Okanagan Saturday When provincial and territorial health ministers recently met in Halifax to discuss the 2004 federal-provincial-territorial agreement on health transfers, which is set to expire in 2014, the resulting news reports simply ...

3. The Misguided War against Medicines 2011

   Government spending on all types of prescription drugs (patented and non-patented) is increasing faster than any other component of health spending. And new or patented medicines tend to be more expensive compared to older drugs and other health ...

4. The Misguided War Against Medicines 2010

   The Misguided War against Medicines 2010 examines all of the ways in which spending on drugs may contribute to the overall growth in total government health spending. The evidence suggests that neither patented medicines in particular, nor prescription ...

5. Fraser Forum- September 2008: Health Care Dollars and Sense

   In this issue: Up Front: Fraser goes to Washington by Brett J. Skinner In June 2008, the Fraser Institute had a successful excursion to Washington, DC, where participants met with a number of high-level officials and policy experts. The most valuable ...

6. Seniors and Drug Prices in Canada and the United States, 2008 Edition

   This is the Fraser Institute's third report comparing Canada-US price differences for the prescription drugs that are most important to Canadian seniors (aged 60 and older). This year's report analyzes prices for the drugs most commonly ...

7. The Misguided War Against Medicines 2008

   Government spending on all types of prescription drugs (patented and non-patented) is increasing faster than any other component of health spending. And new or patented medicines tend to be more expensive compared to older drugs and other health ...

8. Seniors and Drug Prices in Canada and the United States

   This paper compares Canada-US price differences for the drugs that were most important to Canadian seniors (aged 60 and older) in 2006. Prices are compared separately for brand name and generic prescription drugs. https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites ...

9. The Misguided War Against Medicines 2007

   Government spending on all types of prescription drugs (patented and non-patented) is increasing faster than any other component of health spending. And new or patented medicines tend to be more expensive compared to older drugs and other health ...

10. Prescription Piracy: The Black Market in Foreign Drugs Will Not Reduce U.S. Health Care Costs

    This is a chapter from the book What States Can Do to Reform Health Care: A Free-Market Primer. Seven leading scholars contributed chapters to this book, which focuses on Medicaid, health insurance, hospital certificate-of-need laws, malpractice liability ...